Torment

Tor`ment´

n.	1.	(Mil. Antiq.) An engine for casting stones.
	2.	Extreme pain; anguish; torture; the utmost degree of misery, either of body or mind. The more I see Pleasures about me, so much more I feel Torment within me. - Milton.
	3.	That which gives pain, vexation, or misery. They brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments. - Matt. iv. 24.
v. t.	1.	To put to extreme pain or anguish; to inflict excruciating misery upon, either of body or mind; to torture. [imp. & p. p. tormented ; p. pr. & vb. n. tormenting.]
	2.	To pain; to distress; to afflict. Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. - Matt. viii. 6.
	3.	To tease; to vex; to harass; as, to be tormented with importunities, or with petty annoyances.
	4.	To put into great agitation.

Noun	1.	torment - unbearable physical pain Synonyms: torture
	2.	torment - extreme mental distress Synonyms: anguish, torture
	3.	torment - intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain; "an agony of doubt"; "the torments of the damned" Synonyms: agony, torture
	4.	torment - a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented; "so great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors" Synonyms: harassment
	5.	torment - a severe affliction Synonyms: curse
	6.	torment - the act of harassing someone Synonyms: badgering, bedevilment, worrying
Verb	1.	torment - torment emotionally or mentally Synonyms: excruciate, torture, rack
	2.	torment - treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher" Synonyms: bedevil, dun, rag, frustrate, crucify
	3.	torment - subject to torture; "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible" Synonyms: excruciate, torture

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